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Interactive Features
KEY
TYPE
VALUE
Name
name
(Optional)
The name of an icon to be used in displaying the annotation. Viewer
applications should provide predefined icon appearances for at least the follow-
ing standard names:
Approved
AsIs
Confidential
Departmental
Draft
Experimental
Expired
Final
ForComment
ForPublicRelease
NotApproved
NotForPublicRelease
Sold
TopSecret
Additional names may be supported as well. Default value:
Draft
.
Note:
The annotation dictionary’s
AP
entry, if present, takes precedence over the
Name
entry; see Table 8.15 on page 606 and Section 8.4.4, “Appearance Streams.”
Ink Annotations
An
ink annotation (PDF 1.3)
represents a freehand “scribble” composed of one or
more disjoint paths. When opened, it displays a pop-up window containing the
text of the associated note. Table 8.33 shows the annotation dictionary entries
specific to this type of annotation.
TABLE 8.33 Additional entries specific to an ink annotation
KEY
TYPE
VALUE
Subtype
name
array
(Required)
The type of annotation that this dictionary describes; must be
Ink
for
an ink annotation.
(Required)
An array of
n
arrays, each representing a stroked path. Each array is a
series of alternating horizontal and vertical coordinates in default user space,
specifying points along the path. When drawn, the points are connected by
straight lines or curves in an implementation-dependent way. (See implementa-
(Optional)
A border style dictionary (see Table 8.17 on page 611) specifying the
line width and dash pattern to be used in drawing the paths.
Note:
The annotation dictionary’s
AP
entry, if present, takes precedence over the
In-
kList
and
BS
entries; see Table 8.15 on page 606 and Section 8.4.4, “Appearance
InkList
BS
dictionary